Texas Local Government Code Title 12, Chapter 371 - Municipal Planning And Growth

SUBCHAPTER A PROMOTIONAL ADVERTISING BY POPULOUS MUNICIPALITIES

• Texas Section 371.001 - Authority To Appropriate; Creation Of Board
  (a) The governing body of a municipality with a population of 900,000 or less may appropriate from its general fund an amount not to exceed...
• Texas Section 371.002 - Composition Of Board
  (a) The governing body of the municipality shall appoint five members to the board. (b) A board member serves two-year terms and may not receive...
• Texas Section 371.003 - Duties Of Board
  (a) The board shall: (1) investigate various methods of advertising and promoting the municipality; and (2) recommend to the governing body of the municipality: (A)...
• Texas Section 371.004 - Management Of Board
  To carry out this subchapter, the governing body of the municipality may appoint a person to manage the promotion, development, tourism, and convention activities of...

SUBCHAPTER B APPROPRIATIONS FOR PROMOTIONAL ADVERTISING BY GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITIES

• Texas Section 371.005 - Cumulative Effect
  This subchapter is cumulative of powers that a municipality obtains under its charter and does not impair such a power. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch....

SUBCHAPTER C JOINT MUNICIPAL PLANNING

• Texas Section 371.021 - Appropriation Of Funds For Advertising
  (a) The governing body of a general-law municipality may appropriate from its general fund an amount not to exceed five cents per $100 assessed valuation...
• Texas Section 371.041 - Planning; Funding
  A municipality may compile statistics, conduct studies, and formulate plans related to future growth and development of the municipality. The municipality must pass an ordinance...
• Texas Section 371.042 - Creation Of Joint Planning Commission
  (a) If the area in which a municipality may exercise zoning authority is adjacent to any area in which one or more other municipalities may...
• Texas Section 371.043 - Master Plan; Other Duties
  (a) A joint planning commission shall prepare an organized master plan for the orderly growth of the area under the jurisdiction of the commission. In...
• Texas Section 371.044 - Open Meetings And Records
  Meetings of a joint planning commission are open to the public. Records, minutes, books, and accounts of the commission are subject to public inspection. Acts...
• Texas Section 371.045 - Cumulative Effect
  Authority under this subchapter is cumulative of other authority that a municipality has to expend public funds from the municipal treasury for the purposes of...

Last modified: September 28, 2016